Windows 10: Windows 10 not upgrading issue

Hello all,

I've been trying to upgrade my PC from Win 8 Pro to Win 10 Pro but after about 2/3's way into it, I see a message stating that it's Reverting back to the previous version of Windows.

In the past 3 attempts at upgrading, I tried to keep an eye on it to catch the point where this happens so I can see what needs to be fixed, but haven't been able to catch it.

Of note, when I initially run the upgrade program it does do a diagnostic checkup on my system in which everything shows to be fine and continues with the upgrading process for a good 1.5 hrs.

Is there anyway to find out what's causing it to Revert back (without sitting at the screen for a few hours)?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!


Ps.
The specs in my sig is a different PC.

:)

 

Windows 10: Issues with deleting a particular system file and Administrator Problems.

Original Title: Administrator Problems

The issue is quite simple. Ever since migrating to Windows 10, I've been unable to administrate, though I'm supposedly an administrator with "full control." A current example: I've picked up a trojan file in a c:\windows subdirectory. having full control
of the c:\ directory, I should be able to simply delete the bad file. However, I can't do that because I get the following message:

"You require permission from the computer's administrator to make changes to this file." I've tried all the suggestions here and none of them work. This has been an ongoing issue with this OS since I installed it a year ago. Until now, I haven't needed
to "administrate" over this directory, and thought that Microsoft would eventually get around to fixing the problem, especially since there have been so many complaints about it. Apparently, Microsoft can't handle it. BTW, Windows 10 sucks. It's apparently
not built for end users who want to accomplish real work on the computers THEY OWN. Instead it's built for vendors who want to know who you are, where you are and what you're doing, so that they can tailor advertising to you.

 

Won't read SD CARD windows 10

Below is the result of following your Step 1. So my issue of Windows 10 not reading the SD is still not resolved. How come the required driver to allow Windows 10 to read the SD in my computer was not installed during the fix?

"There is a problem with the driver for USB-IF xHCI USB Host Controller. The driver needs to be reinstalled."

 

Have you uninstalled all third party anti-virus and anti-malware programs? Have you removed all unnecessary hardware, especially from USB ports? I'm not familiar at all with troubleshooting from the upgrade log files, but others are here.

 

Yes, I uninstalled the AV programs but haven't removed any USB hardware. The only thing I have hooked up are the mouse, Edimax Wireless internet adapter, and a Logitech webcam.


Should I unplug the webcam? (the others, I'll need *Wink)

 

I would unplug the webcam. If you download the ISO file for Windows 10 and either mount it or create a USB flash drive of it, you can run the Anniversary upgrade from there and don't need the Wireless internet adapter installed to do that until (if) after the upgrade finishes.

 

Thanks NavyLCDR!! I'll try that tonight.

If the upgrade fails and I don't find a somewhat simple solution to fix the Reverting issue, I'll just do a clean install of Win 8 Pro. Would I have any issues registering it with Microsoft (since support is discontinued)?

 

Widows 8.1 mainstream support does not end until 9/1/2018.